Current affairs tidbits include facts which might be useful for competitive exams(One liner MCQs). But these topics are not worthy of detailed study and should be dealt with prelims perspective only.

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1-Mar-2023                                   

Spices Board celebrates 36th Anniversary.

1-Mar-2023

Lieutenant General MV Suchindra Kumar takes over as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff.

2-Mar-2023

5th Jan Aushadhi Diwas celebrated with the theme “जन औषधिसस्ती भी अच्छी भी” across the country.

2-Mar-2023

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights celebrates its 18th Foundation Day on “Empowering Girl Child”

3-Mar-2023

Deakin University, Australia, has become the 1st foreign university to receive approval of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) to set up an International Branch Campus (IBC) in GIFT-IFSC, GIFT City, Gujarat.
By virtue of this approval, Deakin University will be able to offer the same degree courses it offers in Australia in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Financial Management in GIFT IFSC to both Indian and foreign students. The degree offered shall be identical or similar to that offered in the home jurisdiction.

20-Mar-2023

There are 17 scheduled airlines operating in India. There are 148 operational airports in the country, which includes 137 airports, 02 Water aerodromes and 09 Heliports. There were 96 operational Airports of the Airports Authority of India as on March, 2017.

21-Mar-2023

India stands third in world in terms of fish production.

22-Mar-2023

Indian Railways completes 100% electrification of existing Broad Gauge network of Odisha.

22-Mar-2023

PM congratulates Tamil Nadu for PM MITRA mega textiles park at Virudhunagar

23-Mar-2023

Border Roads Organisation of blacktopping of 278 Km Hapoli-Sarli-Huri road leading to Huri, one of the remotest places in Kurung Kumey district of Arunachal Pradesh, for the first time since independence.

29-Mar-2023

Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has lauded the people of India for achieving over $750 Billion exports in 75th year of India’s independence.

Current affairs tidbits include facts which might be useful for competitive exams(One liner MCQs). But these topics are not worthy of detailed study and should be dealt with prelims perspective only.

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News

28-Feb-2023                 

Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi Takes Over as Flag Officer Commanding-IN-Chief, Western Naval Command

28-Feb-2023

MV Ganga Vilas completes its maiden trip at Dibrugarh.

27-Feb-2023

Prime Minister inaugurates Shivamogga airport in Karnataka

26-Feb-2023

Ministry of Tourism organizes the 1st Snow Marathon in Bhaderwah, Jammu.

26-Feb-2023

CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) celebrated its 66th Foundation Day.

25-Feb-2023

NITI Aayog welcomes B.V.R. Subrahmanyam as its CEO

24-Feb-2023

First meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors under India's G20 Presidency.

24-Feb-2023

Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar flags off the 2nd Semicon India FutureDESIGN Roadshow in Bengaluru

23-Feb-2023

President of India presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi’s fellowships and Akademi Awards for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021.

22-Feb-2023

10th Edition of International Exhibition and Conference on Technical Textiles - 'Technotex 2023' - starts in Mumbai.

22-Feb-2023

First G20 Working Group (CWG) meeting of Culture began today at Maharaja Chhatrasal Convention Centre (MCCC), Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh.

22-Feb-2023

100 percent electrification of Broad Gauge rail network in Uttar Pradesh.

21-Feb-2023

Pangong Tso lake marathon in Ladakh registered as world's highest Frozen Lake Marathon in the Guinness Book. Considered as the toughest due to its high altitude(4,350 meters above the mean sea level) and freezing temperatures.

20-Feb-2023

International 'Khajuraho Dance Festival-2023' started.

20-Feb-2023

37th Statehood Day celebrations of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram.
Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram were granted statehood on February 20, 1987

19-Feb-2023

The first phase of 'Shiv Srishti' theme park based on the life of Shivaji Maharaj was inaugurated at Pune, Maharashtra.

19-Feb-2023

Vande Bharat Express receives highest footfall from Warangal in service between Secunderabad & Visakhapatnam.

19-Feb-2023

Bangladesh to procure 100 electric buses from India this year to reduce carbon emissions by 20230.

  1. Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University was renamed as Dr. Y.S.R. Horticultural University in 2007
  2. Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University was renamed as Chaudhary Charan Singh University in 1991
  3. G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology was renamed as Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in 2002
  4. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University was renamed as Dr. M.S. Swaminathan University of Horticultural Sciences in 2019
  5. Punjab Agricultural University was renamed as Guru Angad Dev University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences in 2010
  6. Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology was renamed as Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology in 2020